ONRA Nobody Has To Know LP BUMPED TO 3/16 KEY SELLING POINTS • On his fifth album for All City Records, Onra created music that reflects on the various aspects of a secret relationship pulling from R&B, New Jack Swing and Funk • “Nobody Has To Know” picks up from the future Funk style Onra originated on his 2010 album “Long Distance” • Released the third volume of Chinoiseries in May 2017 using analogue MPC production combined with the somewhat restrictive record sampling of strictly Chinese music records DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Onra Few artforms are as apt to describing the fervour and tumult of human emotions as music is. Songs transport us to real and imaginary places, TITLE: Nobody Has To Know living someone else’s experiences as our own, connecting with thoughts CATALOG: CD-ACOLPX5 / C-ACOLPX5 and feelings through melodies, rhythm and words. As a producer working LABEL: All City Records primarily with the tools of traditional Hip-Hop – samplers, records, synthesizers – Onra has distinguished himself over the past decade GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental as one of the best of his generation, capable of creating vivid music BARCODE: 7573475306524 / N/A ACOLPX5 that sparks the mind of the listener and brings them along to uniquely FORMAT: CD / Cassette detailed spaces, both real and imagined. On “Nobody Has To Know”, his HOME MARKET: France fifth album for All City Records, the versatile French producer created music that reflects on the various aspects of a secret relationship pulling RELEASE: 3/2/2018 from R&B, New Jack Swing and Funk to soundtrack the passions of LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL / $12.98 / AL attraction. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Stylistically “Nobody Has To Know” picks up from the Future Funk style Onra originated on his 2010’s “Long Distance” (and its 2012 companion EP “Deep In The Night” for Fool’s Gold). Where those two releases mined 1. Prelude the early and mid parts of the 1980s for ideas and references, the new 2. Secretly album digs into late ‘80s and early ‘90s jams for smoother and richer sounds. Bolstering the record are two talented multi-instrumentalists, 3. Let Me Fantasize New Zealand’s Lewis McCallum and Belgium’s Pomrad, who bring 4. Love Triangle touches of virtuosity to Onra’s trademark smooth arrangements. The result is a record that, like its theme, oscillates between tender, torrid 5. No Question ft. Pomrad and tumultuous. 6. Wish I Could Over its 13 tracks “Nobody Has To Know” details the ups and downs of 7. The Jam a secret relationship, from the excitement of doing something forbidden 8. Freak ft. Lewis McCallum to the aftermath of living out fantasies. On “Let Me Fantasize” a rolling 9. Not Long Ago bassline and sparkling melodies capture the excitement of what is possible, the mind wandering into the forbidden. “No Question” taps into 10. Wait A Minute New Jack Swing to act out desires that can’t be suppressed, exuberant 11. Nothing To Lose solos echoing dangerous feelings. With its hard drums and smooth horn solos, and chorus of “Freak” takes you to that place where you can 12. 4U do things you only dreamed about. Balancing this intensity are more 13. All The Time introspective moments. “Not Long Ago” rolls out gentle synth solos and nostalgic samples to reflect on past relationships and the very human desire to have what you had or can no longer reach. Rich textures and a languid rhythm underpin the reflective mood of “Nothing To Lose,” as you wonder what could go wrong – it’s a fine line after all. The fantasizing, excitement and danger of fatal attraction are all reflected through the prism of the music. With “Nobody Has To Know” Onra deftly evolves the style he first began to explore a decade ago with his unique touch, re-affirming a unique sound rooted in warmth and setting the mood for some late-night escapades. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM CUT CHEMIST Die Cut LP BUMPED TO 3/16 KEY SELLING POINTS • First artist album in 11 years • Features Biz Markie, Chali 2Na, Hymnal, Dean, Mr. Lif, Deantoni Parks, Laura Darlington and more • U.S. 2018 tour • Cut Chemist has built a notable career as a founding member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli • The past few years has included considerable touring with his longtime friend and collaborator, DJ Shadow DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Cut Chemist On his long-awaited second full-length solo album Die Cut, the trailblazing TITLE: Die Cut DJ and producer underwent a creative birth reflected in its 17 tracks. CATALOG: CD-ASS011 The artist augments his signature approach famously earmarked by LABEL: A Stable Sound impeccable sample selection, searing scratching, and big-screen worthy GENRE: Electronic BARCODE: 659123096621 arrangements with the inclusion of A-list musicians, “songwriter structure,” FORMAT: CD and a whole lot of team spirit including Los Angeles producer, curator HOME MARKET: Los Angeles and purveyor of culture, Carlos Nino. Cut Chemist called his longtime RELEASE: 3/2/2018 friend to act as associate producer and production coordinator. He holed LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK up in Comp-ny Studios four blocks from home and invited a revolving door of high-profile musicians to contribute such as drum superstar TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Deantoni Parks [The Mars Volta], rap legend Biz Markie, actress Erika Christensen, tune-yards, Farmer Dave Scher, Dexter Story, and more. 1. Metalstorm - featuring Edan and Mr. Lif They comprised his studio “band”. Between his high-profile reunion 2. Die Cut Intro (interlude 1) with his rap group Jurassic 5 at Coachella 2013, he dedicated nearly 3. Die Cut (Theme) - featuring Deantoni Parks two years to arranging “crazy amounts of cutting room material” before 4. Home Away From Home - featuring Laura Darlington starting the mixing process during 2014 with Benjamin Tierney [Kamasi 5. Rhythm Method - featuring Myka 9 Washington, The Gaslamp Killer Experience] and Andy Kravitz [Billy Joel, 6. Moonlightin’ with Biz - featuring Biz Markie The Fugees, Cypress Hill, Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince]. Operating 7. Work My Mind - featuring Chali 2na out of The Exchange in London, Mike Marsh completed mastering in 8. Prelude For a Madman - featuring Dntel 2017 as the final product brought a comprehensive and airtight vision to 9. Madman life. Die Cut features a variety of artists including Biz Markie, Chali 2Na, 10. Energy (interlude 2) Hymnal, Dean, Mr. Lif, Deantoni Parks, Laura Darlington and more. 11. You Want It, I Got It - featuring Hymnal 12. I Gotta Weapon 13. Plains 14. Plane Jane - featuring Hymnal and The Precious Hectic 15. The Lift Part 2 (The Dream Sequence) 16. Home - featuring Laura Darlington 1 7. Bonus Track: Die Cut (Wrap) - featuring Myka 9 and Deantoni Parks PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM DEFARI Rare Poise LP BUMPED FROM 4/13 KEY SELLING POINTS • Entirely produced by Evidence (Dilated Peoples) • Features Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience, Phill tha Agony, Krondon and Brew • A member of the Likwit Crew alongside King T, Tha Alkaholiks, and Xzibit DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Defari A member of the Likwit Crew alongside King T, Tha Alkaholiks, and TITLE: Rare Poise Xzibit, rapper Defari was born in Santa Monica, CA. He began DJing CATALOG: L-DEF5001 / CD-DEF5001 in 1982, moving on to MCing five years later. Music remained only a LABEL: Defari hobby, however, and after earning a sociology degree at the University GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659123100816 / 659123100823 of California at Berkeley he went on to receive a master’s degree in FORMAT: LP / CD history and education at Colombia, accepting a high school teaching HOME MARKET: Los Angeles position upon graduating. In 1994, Defari recorded his first demo, soon RELEASE: 3/2/2018 after meeting Alkholiks producer E-Swift; together they recorded the track LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH / $11.98 / AK “Big Up,” which appeared on the 1995 compilation Next Chapter: Strictly Underground. A single, “Bionic,” followed a year later before Defari signed TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) with Tommy Boy Records to issue his full-length debut Focused Daily in 1. Acknowledgement Feat. Evidence 1999. A career spanning nearly 20 years resumes with his latest release 2. It’s Like I’m You Rare Poise. Entirely produced by Evidence, Rare Poise sees a physical 3. Take Me Away Feat. Brew release on CD/vinyl through Fat Beats Distribution. 4. Church Piano 5. Break Wide Feat. Krondon 6. Rare Poise 7. Steeple Chase 8. Occupations Feat. Rakaa Iriscience 9. Mount Up 10. Who God Bless No One Curse 11. Champion Sound 12. Ralito’s Way 13. T.M.W. Interlude 14. Dedicated Feat. Phill tha Agony PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM O.C. A New Dawn (2nd Phase) NO EXPORT TO JAPAN KEY SELLING POINTS • Two bonus tracks • Member of D.I.T.C. • O.C. will be touring through 2018 • O.C. will be dropping a video for EVERY release on this album DESCRIPTION ARTIST: O.C. O.C. drops the 2nd Phase of his trilogy of DITC Studios albums with, A TITLE: A New Dawn (2nd Phase) New Dawn. Following on from the critically aclaimed, Same Moon Same CATALOG: CD-DITC003 Sun, the D.I.T.C. crew member once again drops another album of pure LABEL: DITC Studios quality for old and new heads alike. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 852678019378 FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: New York City RELEASE: 3/2/2018 LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) 1.